This is a really short post because the word says it all.
The
word is lyrical, beautiful, soothing, and rolls off the tongue.
It’s
technical definition? The word naturally connotes a combination of love and
kindness, but there is a synergy between the two concepts wh
To
me, it’s almost mystical in meaning. Suffice it to say that if the world
practiced lovingkindness, we would all be living in paradise by tomorrow.
It’s
the only mantra anyone ever needs.
~William Hammett
Here's a bit of flash fiction, also called micro-fiction, that is 750 words or less. Or you can call it a short short story.
The Buddha's tour dates were cancelled, and ticket-holders have been refunded their money. Sometimes the Buddha doesn't have much to say. Often, he plays life close to the vest, sitting serenely like a potato trying to figure out its tuberous karma. The Katmandu Gazette reports that he hasn't opened his eyes in several days.
His roadies have dismantled the Bodhi tree and the pagoda. The tour hasn't been rescheduled, and some say that the cancellation is because the Buddha is consulting a gastroenterologist in Buffalo. This is only speculation, and sources close to the Buddha have emphatically denied that his chakras are blocked. Rolling Stone has written that the Buddha recently suffered a nervous breakdown after learning he'd fathered a love child. The truth remains elusive, which is what you'd expect in such a situation.
Personally, I don't have a dog in the fight. If truth is subjective, the tour was over a long time ago. We can stare at kumquats.
~William Hammett
Paul Simon dreamed his latest album, titled Seven Psalms, into existence. It’s a great piece of music.
He
had a dream during the pandemic in which a voice told him that his next project
would be called Seven Psalms. He got up every night for ten months and wrote
down words and music that came to him between 3:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. Simon’s
dreams were normal, not lucid, but lucid dreams are even more exciting.
Robert
Louis Stevenson usually got his ideas from dream incubation. The Strange Case
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the best-known example.
Lucid
dreaming is the next step in learning from dreams.
Lucid
dreaming happens when you become aware you’re dreaming, and that’s when the
dreamscape becomes as real as waking reality. It’s an altered state that is
within everyone’s grasp.
If
you want to know what you should be writing or harvest characters or ideas from
your subconscious, use lucid dreaming. In lucid dreams, you can interact with
situations and people and have perfect control over the dream.
Try
out a plot, ask what the next chapter should be, or allow the dream to show you
possibilities you hadn’t thought of.
Explore.
You are, after all, a writer. It’s what we do.
~William Hammett
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